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Monday, February 20, 2012

Prison authorities have been detained suspected of helping the mass escape.In an interview with media, the warden said the riot occurred between 2 a.m. (0800 GMT) and 3 a.m. (0900 GMT) on Sunday due to the power struggle between members of the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas Cartel that vie for control of drug sales inside the prison, located north of the city of Monterrey, capital of Nuevo Leon, about 800 km north of capital of Mexico City.

In photo below:

A woman shows a
list of the inmates dead inside the Apodaca prison as relatives wait outside
the prison. Source: AFP...Paz, Chivis

MONTERREY, Mexico – Imprisoned
members of the hyper-violent Zetas drug cartel stabbed and bludgeoned 44
members of the rival Gulf cartel to death and then staged a mass escape,
apparently with the help of prison authorities, officials in northern Mexico
said Monday.

Rodrigo Medina, governor of the
northern state of Nuevo Leon, said the prison's director and three other
officials have been fired and are under investigation for purportedly helping
in the escape. The same was done with 18 prison guards.

"Unfortunately, a group of
traitors has set back the work of a lot of good police," Medina told a
news conference. "The most important thing is to make sure that the people
working on the inside are on the side of the law, and that they not be
corrupted and collaborate with the criminals, as the investigations indicate
they presumably did."

Medina did not say how the escape
was carried out, but he noted that no members of any gang had broken into the
prison to spring their colleagues, as has happened at other Mexican prisons.
Nor were any firearms smuggled into the facility; all of the deaths apparently
occurred with blunt instruments or improvised knives.

Medina confirmed that all 30 escaped
inmates were linked to the Zetas cartel, a brutal gang founded by deserters
from an elite Mexican military unit.

He did not say what crimes the
escaped inmates had been convicted of, but said 25 of the 30 were in the prison
on federal charges, which often involve drug trafficking or illegal weapons
possession. Medina offered a reward of 10 million pesos (almost $800,000) for
information leading the arrest of those involved in the mass escape.

Medina did not say whether the riot
and murders were carried out to cover up the jailbreak, but said the mass
escape appeared to have been planned, and may have involved help from
authorities at a specific point along the prison perimeter, known as Tower Six.

The Zetas and Gulf cartels were
allies before splitting in 2010 and they have been fighting turf battles in
Monterrey and elsewhere in northeastern Mexico.

Medina repeated a complaint often
voiced by governors in northern Mexico, where violent drug cartel suspects are
often lodged in state prisons that are overcrowded and don't meet the standards
of the country's few maximum-security federal lockups.

"It would be very good for the
state if a large number of federal inmates are transferred out, in light of the
overcrowding we have," Medina said, noting that a lot of the inmates
"are very highly dangerous."

Prison guards in Mexico are
vulnerable to corruption; they are poorly paid and in many cases, they and
their families are vulnerable to threats because they live in the same poor
neighborhoods where the cartels operate.

The prison is located in Apodaca, a
part of the Monterrey metropolitan area that is Mexico's third-largest and that
has long been the country's symbol of development and prosperity.

All 2,500 inmates in the prison were
incarcerated for federal crimes, and as many as 70 percent had yet to be
convicted. The inmate population there grew by 1,500 in the last year to 180
percent of capacity, the result of a crackdown on organized crime and drug
trafficking in the last year.

Medina said about 60 percent of
inmates in local lockups across the state are facing federal charges.

Deadly fights happen periodically in
Mexico's prisons as gangs and drug cartels stage jail breaks and battle for
control of penitentiaries, often with the involvement of officials. Sunday's
riot was one of the deadliest so far.

Thirty-one prisoners died in January
during a prison riot in the Gulf coast city of Altamira in Tamaulipas state,
which borders Texas. Another fight in a Tamaulipas prison in the border city of
Matamoros in October killed 20 inmates and injured 12.

Zeta Escapees

Last July, a riot at a prison in the
border city of Juarez killed 17 inmates. Mexican authorities detained the
director and four guards over that clash. Surveillance video showed two inmates
opening doors to let armed prisoners into a room where the slain victims were
reportedly holding a party.

Twenty-three people were killed in a
prison riot in Durango city in 2010, and a 2009 riot in Gomez Palacio, another
city in the northern Mexican state of Durango, killed 19 people.

More than 47,500 people have been
killed in drug-related violence since 2006, when President Felipe Calderon
intensified Mexico's crackdown on organized crime.

Families of prisoners protested
outside the prison because they couldn't get information on the victims. Only
10 of the dead had been identified by late afternoon.

The Apodaca prison was also the
scene of a fire last May that killed 14. Officials then said the blaze could
have been caused by a short circuit, not a prisoner uprising.

66 comments:

THERE YOU HAVE IT GOLFITAS HAHA REMEMBER ALTAMIRA WELL AHI ESTAN SUS GOLFAS .I CAN IMAGINE NOW THAT R53 CDG WANNABE AND THE REST OF GOLFAS CHEERLEADERS WILL CLAIM THE ZETAS JUST KILLED INNOCENT PEOPLE I ALREADY SEE IT IN THE MEXICAN BLOGS HAHA WOW I DIDNT KNOW CDG WERE IMMORTAL JAJA BUNCH OF JOKES THEM GOLFAS.PA UNOS AI OTROS PINCHES MONAS.I WONDER ALL YOUR BITCH EXCUSES YOU GONNA COME UP WITH

This is an extreme travesty within the prison system to have so many prison murders & escapes. Not only should the entire staff be investigated, but many should be arrested, indicted, prosecuted and serve prison time as well.

In addition, there is seldom any follow-up by the press regarding a conclusion of those being investigated...this is a function of professional journalism that is woefully lacking in Mexico’s news...

I Told u guys this guys that got killed where Golfas,I don't understand why golfas try to take Monterrey plaza if there is 3 times Zetas than them, The Jail is under controlled by Zetas,Most of the State is Zetas plaza...

CDG is loosing it really if they can't even take out Coss and R's in Tamaulipas.....

@February 20, 2012 10:46 AM . Hermano,any main men get out during the murkin policy,and whats your score on the shit goin down in Reynosa,CDG,killin each other?XX men tryin to clean up a few of their own?

Oh man.this shit on here is for info on what is goin down in all of this,cause this shit gets confusing most of the time.Reynosa,right now?Ms puttin work in ? Cleanin their own house of their former pards?

The military knows where all of these ranches are they just don't want to do anything about it. I live just down the road from the entrance to a main ranch in Coahuila and have sat in my home many times and watched the military drive all up and down our road yet they won't go out to the ranch. The people in our community say that it is because they will be overpowered. I believe it is because the government wants to allow this to continue.

The guns from the States or South America don't help pieces of shit like this sure they don't need guns to kill as they're just animals but guns sure as hell don't help either. The Mex govt should house the guards in a compound if it's too dangerous for them & their families to protect them until all this shit goes away is it any wonder the guards are corrupt if they live in the same barrios. Also Mexico should have built more maximum fed prisons long ago if the drugs has been building up this last decade just because nothing was reported doesn't mean the problem wasn't there all Latin countries neglect their prisons, they're old, decrepit, y drastically need modernising, also I'm a catholic but for ppl like these ruining a beautiful country bring in the death penalty they're just parasites in society & shit breed shit. Greetings from Europe.

If ur a zeta u might.die this week. Are u ready to say goodbye to u r family cause in the end there really the only ones who might give a fuck about u. Kiss ur mother one last time , say goodbye to ur children cause now they will be fatherless, pray that ur woman does not end up giving head a the table dance to support u r kids, who knows maybe one of ur comrades will make her one of his putas for money to eat. Either way this week u will die, just a number,otro del monton y con suerte a la fosa comun. How will ur children remember u? Thats if ,they remember u. Are ur daughters gonna end up with a fuckup like u? Que descansen en el infierno los ke van a morir esta semana.

Funny how he says it, "nosotros" matamos a las golfas. Pinche mocoso nomas porke conoses a un zeta ya te crees de ellos. Please! Fuckin Zetas and golfos dont have time to be posting on these blogs. So just shut the hell up before someone finds out ur puttin up shit like this and u get ur ass handed to u.

Wow, I didn't know there were some many "Internet sicarios" on here! Especially the low-life idiot with the moniker "R-666," are you serious? This blog has turning out to be fantasy land for a bunch of pussies claiming they are in the know...when in reality they don't know shit! I've yet to see a comment indicating any form of intimate knowledge of any cartel from a so-called DTO member on here! Than of course you have the other idiots, who egg these guys on by acting like cheerleaders..lol.

The fact is the Zetas are bigger and more influential than the CDG...bottom line! The CDG is on the decline and probably already has splintered into others cells or members have joined the Zetas or some other cartel! Whether you care or not these are the facts...don't listen to these idiots on here claiming they know this or they know that...its bullshit and facts don't match their comments! There will always be some sorta CDG but it will never be like it was in the '90s...so get over it putos!!!

TO THESE RETARDS WHO THINK THAT CDG IS DONE: CDG CONTROLS MOST OF TAMPS, THEY HAVE PLAZAS IN NUEVO LEON, THEY HAVE PLAZAS IN VERACRUZ AND HAS A PRESENCE IN ZACETECAS. ZETAS STILL CANT TAKE PLAZAS IN TAMPS EVEN WHEN CDG HAS INTERNAL PROBLEMS JAJA ZETAS GOT THEIR ASSES KICKED IN VALLE HERMOSO

Too many cheerleaders not enough serious info here!! I believe zetas have a gang mentality which makes them more dangerous,cdg is losing it with house fighting and fighting off rivals, i seriously cant see cdg overwhelming zetas anymore!! A house divided is a fallen house!!!

@ February 21, 2012 9:02 AM .Your a classic,tellin people they talkin shit,and cheerleading,and then bangin on about the Z.What do you people think is goin on and who is runnin Reynosa?Ms in house cleaning all the so called traitors,R1,Cardenas people that what the blanket was about,you get your 24,and better get the fuck out.Of course there are real players on here.CxDxG still deep in the game.

I agree c.d.g runs in the blood of people here and has for yrs they r very deep still I dont mean z r out but c.d.g is still very strong and cleaning house with the cardenas. Most off em were dig shit much like chapos kids well osiel was the good one the rest were cocky and unliked.. C.d.g is one of thee oldest if not the oldest cartel

CXDXG ME LA PELA...YOU GOLFAS LIKE TO TALK SHIT ABOUT HOW STRONG YOU STILL ARE YEAH MOFOS ONLY IN TAMPZ THATS IT.CAUSE IN THE OTHER STATES YOU JUST HAVE PLAZAS BUT DON'T CONTROL THE STATE LIKE THE ZETAS.YOU THINK WE CARE IF YOU GOLFAS ONLY HIDE IN REYNOSA AND MATAMOROS HAHA THOSE ARE YOUR OHLY BIG PLAZAS.ZETAS ARE LOCATED EVERYWHERE IN MEXICO YOU DUMB SPIT,THEY ARE WHAT THEY ARE AND THEY AINT AFRIAD TO SHOW IT.UNLESS LIKE YOU GOLFAS ALWAYS HIDING SHIT AND BLAMING YOUR KILLINS ON THE ZETAS LIKE YOU HAVE ALWAYS DONE.AND REMEMBER PUTO REYNOSA DE DEL COMANDANTE HUMMBER,NI QUE M3 NI QUE VERGAS,ESE PUTO STA MUERTO POR SOPLON AL COMANDANTE HUMMER Y POR FALTALE HUEVOS A PUTO.NO COMPAREN A SUS JEFES QUE ERAN PINCHES POLICIAS MINISTERILAES CAGADOS Y LOS JEFES DE ZETAS ERAN MAYORIA GAFEZZZ.LES DUELE LA VERDAD CULEROS POR QUE USTEDES ERAN PODEROSOS PERO CUANDO LOS ZETAS ESTABAN CON USTEDES Y COMO VIERON QUE LOS ZETAS SON MAS CHINGONES POR ESO QUEBRARON RELACION CON ELLOS.

@ anon February 21, 2012 2:39 PM,Listen Jethro,there is cleansing going on in our Country(Mexico)I'm not saying these dudes deserved to die that way,but it happened,they got involved in a life of crime & got dealt with.Now,if you dont like what Mexico has become,on this continent,take your in-bred red-neck havin ass back across the Atlantic where your greedy lying ancestors should have stayed.And keep in mind that the U.S. is what it is thanks to the hard working immigrants.And I dont mean Eura-peeing!Maybe your country should try some cleansing & do away with all those redneck child molesters instead of pampering them through out your prison system!

Its funny how cheerleaders come out of no where for the vermin. Of course they had help!!! They can't even take out CDG who "are in a decline". If a gang is so big and powerful, then what's the hold up??

Some talks I heard said that the death tally aWas over 150, the Government of Rodrigo MedinA is makingA big cover up.

There was also over 30 "Z" that escaped some hardcore killers.

On my opinion: the CDG is going to make a serious counter for that attack on them, several of the dead were some important members of the CDG in the Region of N.L. My instincts never get confused, I just hope there's no civis killed in the counter.

mexico has hit botom is the worst country in the world this is the proof of level corruption leting trash out who will have felings for the country to put aside ambishion selfish and do the right thing and turn around the future of this country .

no one seems to care at the moment but when that changes it will be to late to remove the cancer they have become major terrorist and when they buy nuclear weapons in the black market or bombs then devil will be avery where all countrys will have to make deals with the bastards thats where were headed no one will ever feel safe again even in your own homes unless your a rich family to live in private streets and security 24 hours a day thats discusting but its what i think is going to happen even in my country yes not only in mexico.

@ anon February 22, 2012 6:29 PM,how about you learn how to spell & make sense?@ February 22, 2012 8:31 PMWhy don't you go count sheep or get your ass blazed.Who gives a fuck how he spells,silly little man.No tell me where is the spelling mistake,fuck outta here.Joto

Zetas ehave like a wolfpack, not like a gang. Their behavior is more closely related to the US military than most people would imagine. They will turn on the weakest of their own when they have to and move forward. It is actually quite efficient in a sense. Almost like a virus.